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Bến Thành Station
Bến Thành Station (Vietnamese: ''Ga Bến Thành'') is an underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro interchange station on the Line 1 and the future Line 2, Line 3A, and Line 4A. Located under the September 23rd Park and Quách Thị Trang Square, in front of Bến Thành Market, the station serves as the central metro station in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The station opened on 22 December 2024. Station layout Sources: :vi:Ga Bến Thành Surrounding area Located at Quách Thị Trang Square, the top most busiest intersection of the city, the station is surrounded by: * Bến Thành Market *Bến Thành Tower *Trường Thạnh Buddhist Temple *Mariamman Hindu Temple *Nguyễn An Ninh Street – Saigon Halal Street *Lê Công Kiều Street – Antique District *Saigon General Hospital *Saigon Railway Transport JSC Headquarter (''Tòa nhà Hỏa Xa'') *Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange * Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts * September 23rd Park * Tao Đàn Park * General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Chi Minh City Metro
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, ) is a rapid transit system in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The system currently consists of one operational line, Line 1 which opened on 22 December 2024 from Bến Thành Market to Eastern Bus Terminus. Additional lines are currently under construction or being planned. Line 1 is long with three underground stations ( Bến Thành, Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, and Ba Son) and eleven elevated stations. The three stations above are Vietnam's first underground metro stations. Trains are designed to travel at up to on the elevated sections and up to underground. Further lines are under construction or planned, for a total length of (not including the length of LRT Line 11 and Line 12 for Cần Giờ) As part of its inauguration, nine trains will initially run from 05:00 to 22:00 ( UTC+07:00), with peak hour and off-peak frequencies of eight and twelve minutes, respectively. Based on the decision of the Ho Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are sometimes used between the opposite-direction tracks on twin-track route stations as they are cheaper and occupy less area than other arrangements. They are also useful within larger stations, where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be accessed from opposite sides of the same platform instead of side platforms on either side of the tracks, simplifying and speeding transfers between the two tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms on twin-track routes is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibuya Crossing
, commonly known as Shibuya Crossing, is a popular pedestrian scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachikō exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. The statue of Hachikō, between the station and the intersection, is a common meeting place, which is almost always crowded. Three large video screens mounted on nearby buildings overlook the crossing such as the landmark QFRONT, as well as many static advertising signs. Given its heavy traffic and amount of advertising, it is compared to Times Square in New York City. Shibuya Crossing is the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. Tokyo-based architecture professor Shane Flynn said Shibuya Crossing is "a great example of what Tokyo does best when it's not trying". Foot traffic This intersection is frequently recognized as "the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and Neighborhoods in New York City, neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street (Manhattan), 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie-shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and 47th Street (Manhattan), 47th Streets. Times Square is brightly lit by numerous digital billboards and advertisements as well as businesses offering 24/7 service. One of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, it is also the hub of the Broadway theatre, Broadway Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually. Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Ben Thanh 1
Cho or CHO may refer to: People * Chief Happiness Officer * Chief Heat Officer Surnames * Cho (Korean surname), one romanization of the common Korean surname * Zhuo (), romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Chinese surname * Cho, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Cao () * Chō, the romaji for the uncommon Japanese surname derived from the Chinese Zhang (Kanji ) ** Cho U (born 1980), Taiwanese ''go'' player who romanizes his name in the Japanese fashion ** Chō (born 1957), Japanese actor and voice actor ** Fujio Cho (born 1937), Japanese chairman ** Isamu Chō (1895–1945), Japanese lieutenant general Characters * Cho Hakkai, the Japanese name for ''Zhū Bājiè'' or "Pigsy", a character in the 16th-century Chinese novel, ''Journey to the West'', by Wu Cheng'en ** Cho Hakkai (Saiyuki), the same character in the manga and anime series ''Saiyuki'', based on the novel Given name * Cho Ramaswamy (1934–2016), Indian actor and writer * Cho, a Burmese given name meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC Fire
On 29 October 2002, a fire occurred in the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The six-story complex building was occupied by a department store, a disco and offices of several foreign companies. The fire killed 60 people and injured 90 others, making it one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in Vietnam. Building The International Trade Center (ITC) was an office building and shopping center, located on the quadrilateral tile of Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, Lê Lợi, Nguyễn Trung Trực and Lê Thánh Tôn streets in Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The building has six floors with a total area of 6,500m², built in 1970, at that time it was called Tam Đa Trade Center ''(Thương xá Tam Đa)'' in Vietnamese or Crystal Palace in English. The building was renovated in 1985, used both as an office building with 59 rooms for rent and as a shopping center with 172 stalls of gold, silver and gemstone. Furthermore, the building also has a discothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saigon Centre
Saigon Centre is a mixed-use complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, invested by Keppel Land Watco, a joint venture among Keppel Land from Singapore with both Vietnamese companies Real Estate Saigon Corporation (RESCO) and Southern Waterborne Transport Corporation (SOWATCO). The complex is located on Lê Lợi Boulevard in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. History Phase 1 of the complex, Saigon Centre I, was completed in 1996. The phase consisted of a 25-storey building, which set a new record for the highest building in Vietnam then at . In December 2011, construction on phase two called as Saigon Centre II & III started, which comprises a 5-story retail podium and a new 43-story building. The new addition prompted a temporary closure of the existing tower from 2015 to 2016. On July 30, 2016, Takashimaya opened their first department store in Vietnam at the retail podium of Saigon Centre. Tower 2 completed in 2017 reaching the height of . It becomes the fourth tallest building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Central Saigon
One Central Saigon or One Central HCM, originally named The Spirit of Saigon is a mixed-use development currently under construction consisting of a 9-storey shopping mall podium, where is directly connected into the underground MRT Bến Thành station, and two high-rise towers in Ho Chi Minh City. The 55-storey tower is The Ritz-Carlton Residences Saigon, spans from level 9; and the 48-storey but higher tower is including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Saigon, with level 9 is for hotel amenities, an office space area of the building spans from level 10 to 20. The architectural firm behind the project is Arquitectonica. Upon completion, it will surpass the LUMIÈRE Riverside in An Phú, Thủ Đức, which was completed in 2024, to become the tallest twin buildings in Ho Chi Minh City. Design The mixed-use development is designed by American architectural firm Arquitectonica. The development consists of two high-rise towers which are connected together through a podium. The West Tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosewood Hotel Group
Rosewood Hotel Group, also known for its former trading names New World Hotel Group, New World Hospitality and legal names New World Hotel Management (BVI) Limited, New World Hotel Management Limited is a Hong Kong–based multi-national hotel management group and the parent company of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (founded in 1979). The company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as an offshore company. As of 2016, Rosewood Hotel Group was owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, having acquired Rosewood Hotel Group in 2015 from Chow Tai Fook Enterprises' listed associate company New World China Land for HK$1.96 billion. Rosewood Hotel Group is headed by Sonia Cheng, daughter of Henry Cheng and granddaughter of the late Cheng Yu-tung, the patriarchs of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and New World Development. She was appointed as the executive vice-chairman of New World Hotel Management Limited in February 2009 and one of the executive director of New World China Land, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatory Of Ho Chi Minh City
The Music Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City () is a conservatory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that provides music education in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level for the southern region of Vietnam. It is one of three conservatories in Vietnam (besides Hanoi Conservatory of Music and Hue Conservatory). History Historically, the precursor of this university was Music Division of Gia Định College of Fine Arts (simply called Gia Định Art College, predecessor of Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts). In 1956, this division is split from Gia Định Art College to become National Conservatory of Music. When the dramatics faculty was added to the school education programme, this school was renamed National Music and Dramatics School with 2 main education fields: music (European music and Vietnamese national music or Vietnamese traditional music) and dramatics (principally Vietnamese traditional dramatics). After the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Sciences Library Of Ho Chi Minh City
The General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City is a Vietnamese public library. It is run by the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City. The library's main functions are to collect, preserve and organise library resources. The library has a large reading hall and several floors with stacks dedicated to its collection of over two million volumes. The library has a children's area, printing and copying resources, and a portal for searching online database. History The building was first used as a library in 1868. Known as the Documentation Library of the Government of Cochinchina, it was established by Admiral-Governor Marie Gustave Hector Ohier. It became a public library in 1882, Vietnam's first; In 1975 the library offered a motorbike service to meet the needs of more remote areas of the Southwestern areas such as Duong Minh Chau. The library received its name on April 14, 1978, when the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh issued the decision. In 1993, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tao Đàn Park
Tao Dan Park (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Công viên Tao Đàn'') is an urban park in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam behind the Independence Palace. It is of the largest parks in the city, covering 10 hectares. Part of the park will be used for the Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 2, Ho Chi Minh City Metro, Line 2 and 3's Tao Đàn station, Tao Dan Station. Bird cafe The park formerly hosted an outdoor bird cafe that served coffee and attracted songbird owners, who would hang their birdcages and listen to them sing. Now a construction site for the metro station, the cafe was moved across the street from the park to Cong Doan Cafe. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
